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In this photograph taken on December 4, 2016, the grave of an unknown Canadian soldier is seen as guests and participants observe two minutes of silence during the Canadian Commemorative Ceremony honouring those who died during the Battle of Hong Kong and World War II, in Hong Kong's Sai Wan War Cemetery.
High up on a hillside in the south of Hong Kong, shaded beneath dense green foliage, are the pockmarked remnants of World War II pillboxes, a reminder of the city's failed attempt to fend off a Japanese invasion. It is 75 years since Hong Kong fell -- less than three weeks after the Japanese first attacked what was then a British colony.
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